Lower Niger River Basin Authority (LNRBA), Monday, harped on protection of rivers in Nigeria, as it took tree planting campaign to Oja-Iya river in llorin, Kwara State capital.
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According to a survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria, state governments and other stakeholders have expressed concern over the situation, expressing the need for concerted efforts by all to check the menace.
Oladapo Soneye, the NCF’s Head of Communications, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, ahead of the 2021 International Day of Forest.
The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this over the weekend, added that the planting of fruit trees in selected secondary schools was also to encourage students to become healthy, productive and environmentally sound.
Malam Nurudeen Lemu, a research expert with Regional Centre of Expertise, made this known on Saturday while speaking at a tree planting campaign in Minna, Niger State.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has urged Lagosians to imbibe the culture of planting trees to restore the dignity…
Akinjide explained that tree planting had become necessary to tackle environmental challenges such as erosion, flooding and desertification threatening several nations including Nigeria
The minister, who gave this warning while launching this year’s tree planting in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, stressed the need for strict compliance with the approved land use master-plan of the FCT